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Professor Vanesa Castan Broto is a leading academic in Climate Urbanism at the University of Sheffield's Urban Institute, where she joined as a Professorial Fellow in 2017. Her research focuses on urban climate governance, energy transitions, and justice in sustainability, with fieldwork in China, Mozambique, and India.
- Key research themes: Urban climate governance, energy transition dynamics, and practical climate action implementation
- Current projects: Sustainable energy access in Mozambique, participatory planning for climate change, and feminist neo-materialist perspectives on energy landscapes
Her work has been recognized with the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2016) for Geography and a United Nations Lighthouse Award (2013) for urban climate action targeting marginalized populations. She has received funding from the British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, ESRC, EPSRC, and Institution of Civil Engineers.
- Recent publications address: Climate justice in public space adaptation, urban energy landscapes, and intersectionality in community energy systems
- Collaborative networks: International partnerships with Ethiopia, Malawi, Chile, and China on sustainable energy systems
As a critical urban theorist, she challenges dominant paradigms through concepts like "climate urbanism" and "urban energy landscapes." Her research emphasizes the co-evolution of socio-technical systems and the importance of marginalized knowledge in climate adaptation.
